Tiffany van Soest will defend her GLORY Super Bantamweight kickboxing title versus Manazo Kobayashi

GLORY Super Bantamweight kickboxing champion Tiffany van Soest is back in the ring. She will face the Japanese fighter Manazo Kobayashi. The two will fight in the battle map of the GLORY 80 event, which will take place on March 19 in Belgium.

Tiffany van Soest has a personal record of 23-6-2 (W-L-D) in the ring and is in a series of 2 consecutive victories. She won 8 of her fights with knockouts and her losses came after a decision. In the last match, Tiffany van Soest defeated Aline Pereira and defended her title in January 2021.

Tiffany van Soest was awarded as the Female Fighter of the Year 2019 by Combat Press. Originally a Shōrin-ryū karate practitioner, van Soest began Muay Thai at the age of eighteen and was both a state and national titlist as an amateur before turning professional in 2011.

Manazo Kobayashi, on the other hand, has a record of 16-3-4 (W-L-D) in the ring and comes after a loss to Hinata Terayama at the end of 2021. Manazo Kobayashi won 3 of her matches by knockout.

Here’s the GLORY 80 battle rooster so far:
Arkadiusz Wrzosek vs Badr Hari
Artem Vakhitov (c) vs Luis Tavares
Jamal Ben Saddik vs Levi Rigters
Tiffany van Soest (c) vs Manazo Kobayashi
Guerric Billet vs Nordin Ben Moh